Dollie Galter, 97

April 20, 2001

Dollie Galter, 97, who gave more than $100 million to hospitals, charities and the arts, died Tuesday, April 17, of heart failure in Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Galter grew up in the Chicago area. In 1925, she married Jack Galter, a drummer for Benny Goodman's band, according to Ted Netzky, the Galters' longtime attorney and friend. Her husband later took over his father's manufacturing company, which made a variety of products, including electric shavers. In 1943, they formed the Galter Foundation, and Mrs. Galter, who often told people her husband made the money and she spent it, chose many of the organizations and charities the foundation supported. Through the foundation, they built the Galter Pavilion and the library for the Northwestern University Medical School and started the Dollie and Jack Galter Clinical Research Center at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver. Her decision to give Swedish Covenant Hospital the Galter Life Center sparked the renewal of the Albany Park neighborhood. She is survived by a daughter, Lois Joseph; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services will be held at noon Friday in the Piser Chapel, 5206 N. Broadway; visitation will be from 1:30 to 7 p.m. at the Galter Carriage House, second floor lobby, 215 E. Chicago Ave..

FOR THE RECORD - This corrected story replaces an erroneous story published April 19, 2001. The original story has been deleted from the data base.